In June 2024, Ukraine increased the number of pigs to 5.2 thousand heads, which is 3.1% more than last year, but 3.4% less than in 2022, the Ukrainian Business Club (UCAB) reported, citing data from the State Statistics Service.
“Due to high purchase prices and cheap feed in 2022 and 2023, the pig industry could recover,” analysts said.
At the same time, they emphasized that in addition to the usual market changes, such as stabilization of grain and oilseed prices, companies must also adapt to the challenges of today. For example, rising energy prices and employee mobilization are forcing farmers to look for innovative ways to reduce costs and increase efficiency.
Experts recalled that in the second half of June 2024, Ukraine recorded the lowest average price in the last two years – UAH 46.3 including VAT per kg of cuttings. The last time such a price was observed at the end of April 2022. This figure was significantly closer to the level of production costs, which excited producers. However, in early June, the price of cuttings rose to 55.1 UAH/kg including VAT.
“There is no single factor that would have a significant impact on this, as this situation is caused by a set of reasons that are atypical for this period of time. First, there has always been a growth trend in the first half of summer, even during the war. This year, power outages and mobilization led to a decrease in demand. Secondly, if before the war imported pork influenced domestic pricing, now it does not. Volumes have dropped to 300-500 tons from 2500-4000 tons. Market changes are caused exclusively by internal factors, as most of the pork on the shelves is Ukrainian,” explained UCAB analyst Maksym Hopka.
Number of unemployed in Ukraine and job opportunities, 2023-2024
Source: Open4Business.com.ua and experts.news
In January-June, Ukrzaliznytsia (UZ) increased passenger transportation by long-distance trains by 23% year-on-year to 13.5 million, the company’s press service reported.
According to the company’s telegram channel on Thursday, UZ carried 2.4 million more passengers during the reporting period than last year.
In the international direction, 1.1 million passengers were transported against 890 thousand in January-June last year.
It is emphasized that, in addition to quantitative indicators, the railroad focused on qualitative ones.
In the first half of the year, the overall on-time performance of domestic trains was 92%. Ukrainian railroaders managed to keep this figure despite enemy shelling of infrastructure, power outages that required a prompt switch to diesel traction, as well as during an active period of infrastructure repairs and “repair windows,” UZ said, noting that international traffic pulls down the on-time performance.
“Checks at border crossings often delay flights, and Ukrainian trains wait for international connecting flights to be late so as not to leave our passengers to fend for themselves,” the company explained.
Passenger satisfaction with the level of service and the work of train crews in the first half of the year was 67%, which is 4% higher than in the same period last year. In high-speed trains, this figure is 79%. The rate of satisfaction with the trip among female passengers in women’s compartments is consistently the highest – 88%, the report says.
Schedules of hourly power outages on Saturday, July 6, will be applied throughout the day, DTEK Energy Holding Company said.
According to its message in its Telegram channel, this is the order of the system operator NEC Ukrenergo.
Polish egg producers welcome the reinstatement of customs duties on eggs imported to the European Union from Ukraine, as a few dozen hours were enough to increase interest in eggs from Polish farmers, said Pawel Podstawka, chairman of the National Federation of Poultry and Egg Producers (KFHDiPJ).
“For many weeks now, we have been observing a stagnation in purchase prices for eggs, which, due to the very low prices offered by competitors from Ukraine, our livestock producers had to sell almost at production cost. (…) According to the signals I receive from colleagues from different parts of the country, although only a few dozen hours have passed since the reintroduction of customs duties, there is already a visible recovery on the demand side, which proves the tendency towards market normalization,” he was quoted as saying by the Polish publication farmer.pl.
Pawel Luty, spokesman for Ferm Woźniak, the largest egg producer in Poland, agrees with the KRHDiPJ chairman.
“The introduction of customs duties on imports of eggs from Ukraine to the European Union brings the first positive effects for Polish egg producers and exporters. We are seeing increased interest from EU and third country counterparties in purchasing eggs from Poland. This is a step in the right direction, easing the pressure on local producers and strengthening their position on the international market. The egg market is still competitive, mainly on price, and the low standards of egg production in Ukraine and the associated lower production costs are a long-term problem. This is best illustrated by the export of egg powders, which Ukrainian producers offer at a price about 25% lower than the cost of raw materials required for the production of powders in the EU,” Luthi said.
According to the industry association, in 2023, egg production in Poland was estimated at about 14 billion eggs. Every tenth egg in Europe was laid in Polish chicken coops. Every third egg produced on Polish farms was exported.
As reported, from June 2, 2024, to June 5, 2025, the European Commission introduced quotas for the supply of eggs and sugar to the European Union from Ukraine due to the excess of quota-free volumes of their supplies to the European market.
Source: https://interfax.com.ua/
Fans will be able to purchase the new gear starting July 5
FC Shakhtar and the club’s technical partner PUMA present the new 2024/25 season jersey as part of their traditional cooperation, which began in 2020, and broadcast their Forever.Faster tagline on the football field.
The sports brand is writing a new history, applying the knowledge and experience of many generations of Ukrainian players, club staff and fans, and engaging professionals from
professionals from all over the world.
The players and fans will have 3 sets of uniforms: home and away, made in the traditional colors of the club and designed for the most comfortable game, regardless of the location of the match, as well as the first football uniform in the history of Shakhtar in national colors.
“Our partnership with the global brand PUMA has been going on for three years now, and we are fully satisfied with this cooperation. “Shakhtar and PUMA are recognized leaders in their respective fields, so we give a lot to each other and achieve success and great achievements together. I am confident that the new PUMA uniform will appeal to the team’s fans and will become a symbol of Shakhtar’s new victories and achievements in the 2024/25 season,”
Sergey Palkin, CEO of FC Shakhtar.
“For 75 years, Puma has been creating innovative equipment for the world’s best athletes and teams. We are proud of our partnership with FC Shakhtar and highly appreciate the trust in the Puma brand from the players and the club’s management.
This season, the players and fans of the club will have three sets of uniforms, each of which embodies modern technologies and traditions of the club. The first two sets are made in the traditional colors of the club and emotionally convey the team’s symbols.
The third kit is the first in the club’s history to be created in the national colors of Ukraine, which makes it special and a source of pride.
At Puma, we believe that high-quality equipment is not just clothing, but a tool that helps players to show a bright game and win. The basis of the new uniforms for the 2024-2025 season is the innovative ULTRAWEAVE technology. ULTRAWEAVE is an ultra-lightweight, engineered fabric created using high-precision
weaving technology. Its design features a structured, 4-way stretch that reduces weight and friction. It’s all about being faster and stronger on the football field.
We congratulate the players and fans of the club on the start of the new season! May it be bright and successful for FC Shakhtar. We are looking forward to new victories together with you!”
Vladimir Gorobets, CEO of PUMA in Ukraine and Scandinavia
The main idea of the video campaign for the presentation of the new kit was to reflect the story of the fans who go through the formation of the club, victories and difficult moments, while remaining loyal to it. Love for your club begins in childhood, when you go to a match with your parents for the first time and get emotions that last a lifetime outside the football stands.
You canbuy the updated uniforms starting from July 5 in FC Shakhtar’s shop shop.shakhtar.com, in the network of PUMA branded stores and on the official website ua.puma.com, as well as in
stores of Puma’s official partners Megasport and Intersport.
FC Shakhtar’s new uniform.
PUMA presents three kits for the 2024/25 season
FC SHAKHTAR, PARTNER, presentation, PUMA, season-2024/25, Serhiy Palkin, uniform, Volodymyr Horobets
